All Locations
Leeds
Position
Real Estate Manchester and Leeds
Salary Details:
22,932
Contract Type:
Permanent
Full Time or Part Time?
Full Time

About your new role

Our national Real Estate team provides a complete range of legal and advisory services on all aspects of commercial property to an excellent and diverse client base. This role is an opportunity to join an innovative and high performing, busy team in a client facing role. Our focus is on delivering a first class client service. 
 
We advise on a broad range of commercial property work including landlord & tenant; sales & purchases; property management; regeneration projects & development agreements and associated construction, planning and funding arrangements. Our clients range from major retailers, leisure operators, regional developers, local authorities, universities and healthcare providers. We have been involved in a range of projects from £100 million city centre regeneration schemes to smaller bespoke ventures. We offer an excellent in house training and development programme.  
 
We are currently recruiting for an Administration Assistant to join our Real Estate team in  XX XX.  The successful candidate will work as part of a team providing administrative support to case handlers and secretaries.
 
Main duties and responsibilities
 
Assist case handlers and secretaries
Open new case files/matters ensuring compliance with Lexcel and internal procedures
Prepare and copy various documents such as letters, enclosures, bundles etc
Collect and coordinate incoming and outgoing post
Perform filing tasks
Perform general photocopying & scanning duties
Perform general file management duties
Prepare and send out various internal and external documents
Assist with the inputting of information on various systems
Close and archive files
Perform other administrative duties as are appropriate
Ensure relevant deadlines and quality measures are adhered to
Comply with relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures
Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values
 
This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will have other duties and responsibilities that fall within the remit of the role.

About You

Ideally you will have previous experience of working in a similar role and in a similar environment. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We are also looking for you to have:

 
Experience in a busy legal/office environment is desirable
Have a Law Degree or a LPC (or studying towards)
Candidate must be a team player
Are able to show initiative and be self-motivated when required to work on own
Strong organisational and communication skills
You must have the ability to prioritise tasks and your workload
Have good housekeeping skills
A “hands on” approach to work
Knowledge of computers and office equipment
You will be working with spreadsheets, Collecting data and producing MI reports
A ‘ will try anything' approach'

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Why work for us

Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 18th consecutive year at Britain’s Top Employers awards 2025, and ranking 5th in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

 Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms.

 Why work for us? Take a look: Work for Weightmans: voted a top employer | Weightmans

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